metaboric acid

noun

meta·​boric acid

: an acid HBO₂ or (HBO₂)_n formed as a glassy amorphous solid by heating orthoboric acid but usually obtained in the form of its salts

Word History

Etymology

metaboric International Scientific Vocabulary meta- + boric

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